#AAA8A2#AAA8A2

#AAA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA8A2
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(45, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -0.39, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 3.37, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0002 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1009, 39.1601, 39.7795)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA8A2 #A2A4AA

analogous

#AAA4A2 #AAA8A2 #A8AAA2

triadic

#AAA8A2 #A2AAA8 #A8A2AA

tetradic

#AAA8A2 #A2AAA4 #A2A4AA #AAA2A8

square

#AAA8A2 #A2AAA4 #A2A4AA #AAA2A8

split-complementary

#AAA8A2 #A2A8AA #A4A2AA

monochromatic

#6E6B64 #8D8A82 #AAA8A2 #C7C6C2 #E4E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA8A2

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA8A2	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1bd',
    500: '#aaa8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa8a2;
$custom-light: #c3c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73148,
    "c": 0.00882,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA8A2

secondary

#D3D3D5

accent

#658E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA8A2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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